"Google revealed a bit of information on how your smartphone spends its battery life. They did this at this week's Android Dev Summit, speaking to developers about what they can do in their apps to avoid consuming massive amounts of battery life.

"But this isn't just about that. This is about the biggest factor in battery consumption: screen brightness! And not only that, but screen colour, too," Slash Gear reported late Thursday.

Give Your Android Smartphone A Facelift With These 6 Browsers

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Upping The Browser Game

18 Jul, 2018

By Karan BajajStill stuck with the browser that came with your Android smartphone? You’re missing out because you can add speed, tabs, automatic ad-blocking, automatic blocking of trackers, background loading, better reading modes and a whole lot more by installing these free apps, says

Flynx

18 Jul, 2018

Modern smartphones are built for multitasking but the varied content we access sometimes makes that harder to do. Flynx helps you focus on content by using background tabs. Here’s how it works: let’s say you’re reading a news article and click on a link. Flynx will start loading that up and you’ll see a floating bubble. Tap the bubble to see the webpage at any time. You can do this from within any other running app (you need to set Flynx as the default browser for this function). It has a fast read feature which gets rid of any ads and unnecessary images to help you focus on reading the text. You also get the option to save articles for later reading as well as the option to sync web content via your Google account on multiple devices.

Habit

18 Jul, 2018

This one is for those who like customising every aspect of their phone. You can configure each and every element of this browser, starting with the appearance. You can choose placement, size as well as the font size of individual items including the menu, scrollbar, tab list, progress bar and so on. Another feature you might appreciate is URL patterns — for instance, you can set Habit to open links of certain apps (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Maps) within those apps themselves (instead of a separate browser window). The interface is clean and comes with a customisable speed dial option for faster access to your favourites. Another useful customisation is the the ability to set actions (save tabs, kill processes, clear passwords, clear history) that take place each time you quit the browser.

Lynket

18 Jul, 2018

If you click a link within an app, it will open in your default browser. You have to switch back to the app your were using once you finish reading. Lynket aims to make things easier by providing a full-screen browser window within any running app. This means you can browse without leaving the original app — when you want to go back, just tap the close button and you will be back to the original app you were using. Lynket works with your existing browser so you need to choose if it uses Chrome, Firefox, Brave or Samsung’s browser to render pages. You can choose to merge tabs and apps in the recent app screen for ease of access. What we liked most was the option to configure how Lynket behaves with individual apps — you can choose to have an incognito mode or secondary browser mode for apps of your choice.

Via

18 Jul, 2018

With a download size of 812kb, Via is one of the lightest browsers you can get from the Play Store. This makes it great for entry-level smartphones with low storage space. However, don’t assume that it skips any features just because it is a small download. You get a night mode, privacy protection, resource sniffer, ad blocker, built-in translator, desktop mode as well as a data saver. In addition to all this, the browser is blazing fast in opening webpages and that too without the pesky ads. It has a clean interface allowing for more viewing space (navigation buttons are at the bottom of the screen). Unlike other browsers, this one won’t send you any irritating push notifications.

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Dark mode essentially changes the overall colour theme of an operating system (OS) or applications to the colour black.

During the presentation, the Internet giant added how dark mode can use 43 per cent less power at full brightness than "normal mode" in the YouTube app which traditionally uses a lot of white, according to Business Insider.

The tech giant reportedly acknowledged its mistake of encouraging app developers to use the colour white for their applications, including its own apps.

Since the inception of Google's "Material Design" initiative, the company had been pushing for the use of colour white, thus, encouraging designers to use white as their primary colour for all apps and interfaces.

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